The Cloze test measures students' comprehension abilities by giving them a short text, with blanks where some of the words should be, and asking them to fill in the blanks. This version of the test resembles the directions to a computer game, describing the game's rules. This task requires students to build an internal representation of the text, to put the words together in a meaningful way, so that they will be able to interpolate what words belong in the blanks.

The test requires 22 answers and is intended to measure students' skill in comprehending directions. The test was designed at the University of California, Santa Barbara by Richard E. Mayer. The test is copyrighted, and permission is granted to use the test to assess student learning at any Fifth Dimension site.

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